Singapore has been dubbed a ‘tuition nation’ attributable to the prevalence of private tuition in its society. Although home tuition in Singapore has been rapidly adopted in recent years, it experienced a massive surge in popularity when schools were closed across the island due to COVID-19. This unprecedented period has helped many parents realise that
Motivation has several positive effects on children’s learning and behaviour. It first increases the initiation and persistence of activities, then directs them towards a particular goal. Motivation is an orientation towards learning, and is tremendously important to helping children find success. Even though school and tuition classes serve as our children’s primary source of academic
Have you ever found yourself sitting through a home tuition class and realising that – although you thought you were paying attention, you haven’t actually caught what the tutor has been talking about for the past 5 minutes? Well, you are not the only one. Today, human’s attention span is shorter than ever before, and
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted education and school systems all over the world. Since the circuit breaker policy was enacted in Singapore, learning has been forced online in an unprecedented shift from primarily face-to-face classes to mostly digital tutorials and video-based lessons. As students, teachers and parents adapt to the new
Retaking an examination has a huge social stigma attached to it and especially in a competitive society like Singapore where education is treated with such seriousness. Hence, students and their parents try to hide the fact that an examination is being re-taken because that affects the way others look at them. Nonetheless, it has to
“CPA” method of math training has become an essential technique that has become famous among teachers and in fact it is being adopted by other education systems around the world because it is effective in producing talented mathematicians. CPA stands for “Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract”. Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) is an extremely well-defined approach in tutoring
Private schools in Singapore have great recognition all over the world; the quality of education is good and many students keep this as an option when considering their choice of schools. However, parents as well as students are unsure as to which school would be the best for them in terms of what they expect
Singapore is generally a choice of country for many students to study in for their higher studies as the country offers high quality education, as well as security. Many are unsure of how to get admission to enter Singapore local schools as the procedure may not be as clear. International students who want to get
In attending any comprehension regardless, the language, it is important to be well-informed of what the text passage has to say to its readers. Some information might be more important than the others. Hence it is essential for students to be able to differentiate and pick out important phrases, sentences, etc. This is also a
In Singapore, Mathematics education at the A-level plays an important role in laying the foundation for building a pool of highly skilled and analytical workforce, especially in STEM related areas. It provides students, regardless of the intended course of study at the university level, with a useful set of tools and problem-solving skills to support